Gujarat Tax Commissioner Assuages Fears Of Surat’s Textile Stakeholders

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Gujarat Tax Commissioner Assuages Fears Of Surat’s Textile Stakeholders

The Surat textile traders and manufacturers in the MMF sectors got an assurance from Commercial Tax Commissioner, Gujarat, PD Vaghela that all issues raised and demands made by them pertaining GST will be strongly represented in front of the central government and the GST council.

Surat, which has parallel identities as the textile hub and diamond city boasts of the country’s largest man-made fiber (MMF) sector. The Commissioner was on a one-day visit to Surat. His visit covered power loom units, handwork and embroidery units, and textile shops located at Pandersara, Sachin, Bamroli, Ring Road and Limbayat.

Vaghela was chairing a meeting of the textile industry stakeholders at the Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI). In his interaction with the business houses, he said, "I have heard the problems and issues faced by power loom weavers, traders, embroidery unit owners and women doing embroidery handwork. The issues are genuine and the state government will seriously take up the issues with the central government and the GST Council."

"Most of the issues related to GST come under the purview of the GST Council. However, the issues like inter-state e-way bill provision etc will be sorted out by the state government," Vaghela concluded.